May is here

.....but all we have is cool temps and TONS of moisture....

We STILL have been having fires in the afternoon and evening, stoking the fire before we go to bed to heat the house over the night. Nuts.

Today we got our first cord of wood delivered; 210 dollars per cord this year! Granted, this is a new guy I was just using for one cord (our 'normal' guy has been holding steady at 185). But I was thinking back to when we first started burning wood about 8 or 9 years ago, and I paid 165 for split wood, and 150 for wood 'in the round.' Prices have sure gone up!!

Today was actually a lovely day, with temps at 60 degrees or so (the warmest thus far this spring!) although we had some rain too....

The frost STILL has not gone out in the parts of our driveway and garage that dont get much (or any) sun; we still cannot shut our breezeway screen door, and the driveway/walkway by that door looks like a roller coaster of heavedness. Yes, heavedness.

It is amazing to think that is is May. It just doesnt feel like it at all--I definitely still feel like we are at the end of winter; it feels like March with the wind and cool temps we have been having

Not much else to report on here--Maira continues to do amazingly with her potty training, and is virtually 'there,' as she rarely has accidents. But, when she does, they are big ones, and usually occur when she is outside playing with her best dog friend Annie and she gets too into what she is doing to come inside and go. Annie, in turn, loves the kids, and will often (okay, daily) go as far as her shock collar will go into our backyard, and just sit and bark at the back door of our house--almost as if she is calling Callum and Maira to come out and play with her. It is hilarious, and this happens on a daily basis.

Here are some pictures for youse.....

Little CS has got some red hair going on here, huh?? Whom does he look like??

Best buddies sitting together on a newly fallen tree on the shore path at Acadia. It gladdens my heart more than people realize when I see how much these two love each other. I would consider our parenting a success solely on the fact that these two remain close throughout their whole lives; that is my hope and prayer.

oh.....how about some yoga on the shore path on the outskirts of otter cliffs? Actually, Callum said he wanted to be a 'statue of a runner.' Whatever kid; whatever.

....and not to be outdone.....